Police-cattle smugglers exchange fire in Gurugram

An exchange of fire took place at National Security Guard (NSG) campus in Manesar on Tuesday when cattle smugglers, being chased by local police, tried to enter the campus grounds in order to escape.

Police said that the incident occurred around 2 a.m on Tuesday, when for-five cattle smugglers tried to enter the campus after their vehicle got stuck in a field near campus' boundary wall.

"Cattle smugglers tried to enter the NSG campus from one of its gates but were challenged by guards of the elite security force. There was an exchange of fire between the guards and the smugglers, but the smugglers managed to flee," a senior police officer told IANS.

Following a tip-off that a group of cattle smugglers was going to enter Gurugram from Mewat district, police put up barricades near Manesar to stop them.

However, the smugglers broke the barricades and sped away.

On being chased by police, the smugglers attempted to scale the campus wall but the sentry posted within noticed the intruders and fired a warning shot in the air.

An exchange of fire followed but the smugglers disappeared in a mustard crop field under the cover of the darkness.

--IANS

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